Wander hundreds of storied artworks from over fifty local, national and international Illustrators, including the Winner of the 2026 Thames & Hudson Illustration Award. Both online and in person, prints and the 2026 Exhibition Catalogue will be available for sale.

The 2026 Exhibition will feature Aditi Anand, Emanuela Balint-Negut, Karen Blair, Maria Bort, Fee Brandt, Vannysha Chang, Shuyan Chen, Pin-Hsuan Chen, Kun-Sen Chiang, Emma Christina Simpson, Ece Ciftci, Marjorie Crosby-Fairall, Petronela Dostalova, James Foley, Aoife Greenham, Nina Hultsch, Chloe Jasmine Harris, Ween Fung Kang, Katarzyna Księżopolska, Olga Kutuzova, Gabriela Larios, Xinyi Li, Przemek Liput, Amy Louise Evans, Janette Lucas, Gabriella Marsh, Laura Merz, Stephen Michael King, Diána Nagy, Amelia Palmer, Dave Petzold, Min Pin, Emma Quay, Lauranne Quentric, Lyndsay Roberts Rayne, Estee Sarsfield, Lauren Saunders, Ula Schwenn, Stina Semrau, Noir Noir Shih, Jacqui Smith, Danny Snell, Michael Speechley, Leinz Tao, Emma Tripolone, Evgenia Twigg, Lot Vandekeybus, Gabrielle Wang, Meng Yan and Yu Hua Lo.

Both these Shortlisted Illustrators and the Longlisted Illustrators will also be exhibited online. The Shortlist and Longlist are available on paperbird.com.au.

The Exhibition will be celebrated with an illustration market on Saturday 9 May from 10AM – 3 PM, an illustration workshop for adults and a school program.
Visit paperbird.com.au/illustration-exhibition-award/ for more information and bookings.